Fence-post



(No Model.)

I W. G. GHOLSON.

FENCE POST.

Patentedipr. 8, 1890.

UNITED STATES \VILLIAM G. GHOLSON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

S?IECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,317, dated April 8, 1890. Application filed $eptember 7,1889. Serial No. 323,287. (No model.)

hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,-

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to fence-posts; and it consists of the structure hereinafter described and illustrated.

My invention is a simply constructed and inexpensive metal post, and is especially adapted for use wit-h wire or barbed wire, and its principal object is to save the expense of wooden posts, particularly in those regions where suitable wood or timber is scarce.

It is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an end view in elevation of one side of the complete post ready for use; Fig. 2, a similar side view; and Figs. 3, 4, and 5, details of fastening devices.

A A are two bars of V-shaped angle-iron,

with the ends of the diverging arms brought face to face, but a slight distance apart to admit of fastening devices being inserted between the bars to hold them together. These bars, preferably made of steel, are rolled and cut in lengths, and then bent outwardly at their ends, as shown, for the purpose of securing a foot-pieee B between them to anchor the post more securely in the ground. The foot-piece I3 is wedge-shaped and is preferably made of wood. The base and bars are held together by means of a strong wire 0. The inner edges of the arms of the bars fit snugly against the sides of the foot-piece, and when the latter is made of wood the drawin g and twisting of the wire around both bars and foot-piece will draw and hold them exceedingly tight together.

In Fig. 3 is shown one form of soft sheetsteel or other suitable metal fastening D. Itis slotted at each end, making four wings. The bracket is then put between the bars and its ends bent in opposite directions and hammered solidly against the sides of the bars; or substantially the same bracket can be made by doubling two pieces of metal, riveting them together at the center, then passing the bracket between the bar, and turning the ends down, as before.

Another form of bracket E is shown in Fig. 4c, in which two pieces of metal or washers are bent to conform to the contour of the bars, and are held together and to the bars by a screw-bolt, and tightened by a nut. The space formed between the bars by the brackets placed between them forms an open eye or slot through which brackets, staples, ,or bolts can be passed for the fastening or at taehment of the fence-wire.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modification of the post in the shape of the bars at the bot tom. Instead of the bars being bent at an angle to accommodate a wedge-shaped bottom piece, as before described, they may be bent at a curve and made fork-shaped, with the ends straight, as shown, so as to embrace a round or square base. In either case the bars and fastenings can be made and sent to the user, who can adapt them to any form of base-piece desired.

What I claim is- 1. A fence composed of two bars of angleiron with their divergent arms brought face to face, and having their lower ends bent outward, in combination with an underground foot-piece placed between and embraced by said lower expanded ends, brackets to hold said bars together, and a metal fastening draw and hold the same together, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the two anglebars A A, of the bracket E,-formed of two pieces of metal bent-to conform to the contour of the bars, and the screw-bolt and nut by which said parts of the bracket are held together and against the said bars, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM C. GHOLSON.

Witnesses:

Gno. J. MURRAY, FRANK L. M11 LLW'ARD.

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